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Popup Ads in Your Jeep: The Latest Stellantis Innovation (fuelarc.com)

submitted 1 week ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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In covering car news, I will sometimes look at a new piece of technology and do a double take. “That can’t be real, it is simply too stupid for a room of automotive engineers to have signed off on it.” Often times, those pieces of tech are on Stellantis vehicles.

Here’s a winner that I had to confirm was real (spoilers, it is real). Popup ads in your car… for the Mopar extended warranty service.

Take a look, it’s the whole bleeping infotainment screen, every time you stop.

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They blame SXM who made the messaging platform, but Stellantis are the ones sending the ads.

It’s like a spam caller blaming the phone company because you agreed to get a phone.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago

Right? I don't buy that explanation at all. I've had a bunch of cars with SXM, none of them had popup ads every time I came to a red light.